Subregion
A subregion is a conceptual unit which derives from a larger region or continent and is usually based on location. Directional prefixes such as north or south are commonly used to define a subregion.
Here are a few examples of subregions sorted by continent:
- North America
- Geography
- Geology
- Canadian Shield
- North American craton
- Slave craton
- Superior craton
- Wyoming craton
- Central America
- Continental Central America
- The Caribbean
- The Greater Antilles
- The Lesser Antilles
- South America
- Geography
- Economics (South American Community of Nations)
- Sorted by compass direction:
- Peninsulas:
- Other groupings:
- Central Asia
- West Asia (or Middle East)
- North Asia (see Siberia)
- East Asia
- South Asia, or the Indian Subcontinent
- Southeast Asia
Note: See continent for definitions of large land masses such as Africa-Eurasia.